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title: Divers spear lionfish and restaurants cook them. Why is this helpful… — Coral reef partners and tricksters: cl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Divers spear lionfish and restaurants cook them. Why is this helpful in places where lionfish spread? Test 11 of lesson 173 «Coral reef partners and tricksters: clownfish, cleaners, mimics and puffers» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 11 · Coral reef partners and tricksters: clownfish, cleaners, m…

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Divers spear lionfish and restaurants cook them. Why is this helpful in places where lionfish spread?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Divers, this, lionfish · **What happens:** cook, be, spread · **To what, where:** restaurants, places

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This is test 11 of lesson 173 «Coral reef partners and tricksters: clownfish, cleaners, mimics and puffers» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Divers spear lionfish and restaurants cook them.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers:t11:1
# text = Divers spear lionfish and restaurants cook them.
1	Divers	diver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	spear	spear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lionfish	lionfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	restaurants	restaurant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
6	cook	cook	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | present | Divers and spear lionfish and restaurants | restaurants *= restaurant* |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* Why is this helpful in places where lionfish spread?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers:t11:2
# text = Why is this helpful in places where lionfish spread?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	helpful	helpful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
8	lionfish	lionfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	spread	spread	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this |  |  | places |  | helpful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **spread** | present | lionfish |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Lionfish are endangered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers:t11:o1:1
# text = Lionfish are endangered
1	Lionfish	lionfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	endangered	endangered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Lionfish |  |  |  |  | endangered *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Lionfish eat many small reef fish and have few hunters there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers:t11:o2:1
# text = Lionfish eat many small reef fish and have few hunters there
1	Lionfish	lionfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	reef	reef	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Lionfish | many small reef fish |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | present | Lionfish *not said here* | few hunters |  | there |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunter=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It makes the water warmer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers:t11:o3:1
# text = It makes the water warmer
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	warmer	warm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | It | the water |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material water=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Lionfish are the reef's only cleaners, so the fish get sick without them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:173-coral-reef-partners-and-tricksters-clownfish-cleaners-mimics-and-puffers:t11:o4:1
# text = Lionfish are the reef's only cleaners, so the fish get sick without them
1	Lionfish	lionfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	reef	reef	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cleaners	cleaner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
14	without	without	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Lionfish | the reef's only cleaners |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | present | the fish |  |  |  |  | without Lionfish; sick *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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